Guidelines in an outline format are presented to school board members and administrators on how to handle impasses in bargaining. The following two rules are given: there sometimes may be strikes, but there always will be settlements; and on the way to settlements, there always will be impasses. Suggestions for handling impasses are listed under the following headings: (1) keys to resolving an impasse; (2) how not to resolve an impasse; (3) keeping the pressure on; (4) dealing wih personal attacks; (5) kinds of impasses; (6) use of the impasse procedures; (7) timing and balance; and (8) review the district's position. (EM)